This is the final Briefing of 2013. Dr. Mohler will be back January 6, 2014. We wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for listening! 1) Duck Dynasty controversy isn't over style - it's over substance What the Duck?, GQ Magazin ...
1) We didn't need to be told - Panel of leading journalists admit media has a liberal bias Journalist Consensus: Media Leans Left, Politico (Dylan Byers) Latest Coverage from the Church of the New York Times, Patheos.com (Terry Mattingly) ...
1) Mass evacuation of Christians from Middle East: "Christians are finished here" Iraq's battle to save its Christian souls: 'Christians are finished here' The Telegraph (Colin Freeman) Syria war fuels Christian flight from Middle East, BBC (Ke ...
TIME magazine has chosen its "Person of the Year" for 2013 and, to no real surprise, that person is Pope Francis I, the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. The papacy, stated TIME, "is mysterious and magical," transforming "a septuagenarian ...
1) Pope Francis: TIME Person of the Year Pope Francis, The People’s Pope, TIME (Howard Chua-Eoan and Elizabeth Dias) 2) Despite the "Francis Effect," how much has really changed? The Catholics Still in Exile, New York Times (Frank Bruni) ...
As most Americans were thinking thoughts of Christmas cheer, a federal judge in Utah dropped a bomb on the institution of marriage, striking down the most crucial sections of the Utah statute outlawing polygamy. Last Friday, Judge Clark Waddoups of t ...
1) Horror in Arapahoe: How do we understand the human heart? Arapahoe High School shooting: Gunman intended to harm many at school, Denver Post (Kirk Mitchell, Jeremy Meyer and Sadie Gurman) Colorado shooting victim described as sweet, smart, a ...
1) Sandy Hook one year later - The answer to "Why?" may not be answered in this life Newtown Far From a Catalyst for Gun Control, Boston Globe (Brian MacQuarrie) Newtown: Striving for 'New Normal' a Year Later, USA Today (Gary Stoller) The S ...
1) The ascendance of hard-line liberal left against moderate Democrats With Filibuster Threat Gone, Senate Confirms Two Presidential Nominees, New York Times (Jeremy W. Peters) Coalition of Liberals Strikes Back at Criticism From Centrist Democ ...